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Do you know if you have an invasive species in your garden?

Discover our collection of plant profiles below which will help you identify the invasive and potentially invasive plants in your garden. Explore where they're from, how to identity them, their impacts, and discover alternative plants.

Invasive species

Crassula helmsii, Australian swamp stonecrop

Australian swamp stonecrop

Crassula helmsii

Buddleja davidii, Butterfly bush

Butterfly bush

Buddleja davidii

Cherry laurel, Prunus laurocerasus

Cherry laurel

Prunus laurocerasus

Japanese knotweed, Reynoutria japonica

Japanese knotweed

Reynoutria japonica

Montbretia, crocosmia x crocosmiiflora

Montbretia

Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora

Red valerian, Centranthus ruber

Red valerian

Centranthus ruber

Rhododendron, rhododendron ponticum

Rhododendron

Rhododendron ponticum

Three cornered leek, Allium triquetrum

Three cornered leek

Allium triquetrum

Wall cotoneaster, cotoneaster horizontalis

Wall cotoneaster

Cotoneaster horizontalis

Yellow skunk cabbage, Lysichiton americanus

Yellow skunk cabbage

Lysichiton americanus

Potentially invasive species

Heart-leaved houttuynia, Houttuynia cordata

Heart-leaved houttuynia

Houttuynia cordata

Himalayan honeysuckle, Leycesteria formosa

Himalayan honeysuckle

Leycesteria formosa

Lady's mantle, Alchemilla mollis

Lady's mantle

Alchemilla mollis

Mexican fleabane, Erigeron karvinskianus

Mexican fleabane

Erigeron karvinskianus

Purple top, Verbena bonariensis

Purple top

Verbena bonariensis

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